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Its POSSIBLE! Three Picket Planter Box. FREE PLANS.



I couldnt believe it, a planter box created from only 3 fence pickets? Costing only $3 each, these planter boxes have a low production cost of around $10! You can see all over facebook marketplace where people are selling them for $60-$80, but I found mine to sell the best when priced at $30. And many people bought this size box as an add-on. A lot of people either wanted custom boxes. Which, I qouted a selling cost of $10 per $3 fence picket I used.

We have planted many different varieties in these boxes and they are doing great. I do not use a liner; cedar is naturally weather sealed and will not rot, warp, decay or mold. I also did not seal the boxes with any sort of clear coat or paint. Overtime, cedar will turn from its pretty redish brown to grey when exposed to sunlight for a prolonged period of time.

These are a great foot-in-the-door project for anybody who is looking to begin selling their woodworking projects, or simply taking their woodworking hobby to the next level. Before these planter boxes, I only made furniture and built things for myself, and family (where I only charged them for the materials). These boxes not only helped me to make my first dollar by woodworking, but when posting this video, I have made $1208 profit; and yes, thats factoring in my total materials cost, from buyers in a small town of 3000 people.

Two tips not mentioned in the video:
1) do not take large orders or custom orders without obtaining a deposit. Luckily I had only one person order a taller 25x16x16 box and stop responding to me, his name is Ron Whitaker… Unfortunately I did not take deposits or payment in advance, but these are also not expensive to build.
2) you can use treated boards, cedar is less than a dollar more and better for the plants, unless you use a liner and are going to paint the exterior.

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Thanks again for watching, and please please please like this video so it can be suggested to other cool cats like yourselves. Bye for now!!

43 Comments

  3. Wayne Rowe

    Gonna try this tomorrow. Can it be done with a mitre saw alone? I don’t have a table saw. Should be doable right? So just fill with soil/rocks and plant whatever?

  5. Pete Vario

    Absolutely Great Work Aaron, looking forward to seeing you build more stuff. If you have any questions about any working contact me I been doing it 35 years 👍

  10. AvGeek_2a

    Awesome video man. Love the tips along the way. Definitely making these with my teenage son. Hopefully it becomes a nice side gig for him, if anything itll be a good bonding project.

  16. Erin Lancaster

    Very cool will hopefully be making these this weekend. Do u have plans for the smaller one? My bf loves gardening, I do not, so I figured I could help by giving him these boxes

  19. Phil

    I am going to make this. I happen to have three pickets laying around. Unfortunately they are not quite 5 1/2 inches wide. I will make it work. If you are interested I drew up your plans in sketchup. I can send you the file or a jpg of the layout. Not an experienced sketchup artist by no means. You are welcome to use or not.- Phil

  20. Phil

    I see a good plan illustration on you thumbnail. I would not bother with mine.- Phil

  22. No.

    Love this… found you on TikTok. Subscribed here for the free plans. Nice video, thanks for the plans. Looking forward to future content

  24. Greg Gordon

    Nice job buddy!! Great box and plans. To add one more tip to your list and probably the most important… Let your cedar (or treated) boards dry a couple weeks before making these. You can guess how I know…

  29. Charles Gerlach

    fantastic, build. easy to follow for a retired rookie. I have been filling in my exposed nail holes with a mix of the picket saw dust and glue. just work it in the hold let it dry and sand and you will never notice. also like the comments about strengthening up the legs to give more support to the legs and the bottom.. thanks and great video

  30. Stu

    @WhosTheVoss Do you have plans for the longer and the taller planters as well? It would be greatly appreciated!

  31. James

    Thank you so much for this planter video and free plans. I was confused about how to make them but you made it so much clearly and easily. Subscribed. You Rock!

  32. Glenn Orton

    Nice Job, I think I will bang out a few of these. Also, ended up here due to tiktok. one suggestion is to limit your dead air time (maybe a little music?)

  34. Wayne Rowe

    One more question. What are the measurements of the short sides on the mitered rims in the diagram? I know the long sides are 15 5/8” but my ocd mind tried to do soh cah toa and I learned I didn’t learn anything in geometry/trig. Or is it just as simple to use the first as a guide and just do alternating 45° angles?

  38. Jon Crespo

    Great video! I just finished making 4 boxes and they came out pretty good. I was wondering if you could include the plans for the bigger size that you got from the Whitaker custom order. I would like to try that one next. Thanks in advance!

  42. Eltee954

    Thank you for the video and I really like your presentation style. Clear, concise and without all the unnecessary fluff. Thanks also for the free plans. I don't have cedar fence pickets in my area (South Florida). So, I'll have to make mine with pressure treated fence pickets or pallet wood. Keep the how-to videos coming.

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